tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post6081178493322787000..comments2016-11-10T20:14:23.164-06:00Comments on Aggie Catholics: Applause During MassMarcelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18121158394600137195noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-49949123385901295762012-12-05T22:42:45.813-06:002012-12-05T22:42:45.813-06:00You wrote, &quot; … one of the ways proscribed in ...You wrote, &quot; … one of the ways proscribed in doing so is applause.&quot;<br /><br />Just FYI: Proscribed means forbidden; prescribed means specified, called for, required. I thought you&#39;d want to know.<br /><br />Apart from that, it&#39;s a fine post.naturgesetzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15268507379933286863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5094967570243723764.post-65945405536826814002012-12-05T13:50:34.826-06:002012-12-05T13:50:34.826-06:00Last week, the pastor at my parish stopped Mass in...Last week, the pastor at my parish stopped Mass in the middle of the Offertory Rite and encouraged/instructed the congregation to applaud for the choir&#39;s performance of &quot;Soon and Very Soon.&quot; He then said, &quot;I think we should have been clapping the whole time... but I guess we&#39;re not Baptists, we&#39;re Catholics,&quot; and proceeded with the Mass. That seemed WAY out of line to me. That&#39;s an appropriate instance in which to be bothered by clapping in Mass, isn&#39;t it?Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01390387175635219445noreply@blogger.com